The Nine and Thirty Kingdoms

I finished Season 2 of the Netflix series Wednesday , based on the Addams Family character, then realized I never reviewed the first season....

Previously, I wrote about non-human fantasy races , although my main point there was that many, if not most, of the fantasy races we think o...

Back in my post about why players might map and why they should be allowed to choose not to map, I teased “there may be ways to maintain th...

We all know that Tolkien invented the idea of non-human races in fantasy fiction, which in turn influenced D&D and other RPGs by bringin...

A couple weeks ago, I finished watching Star Trek: Picard . I put off watching Seasons 2 and 3 for a couple years, but since I was planning ...

Recently, someone in a forum was curious how many GMs make (require) the players to map the dungeon, and I replied that I don’t require play...

The Problem In Reddit’s /r/osr subreddit, someone posted a thread about having too many tables when generating adventures on the fly. [...

The Problem In a thread on Reddit’s /r/osr subreddit, someone asked about ways to award XP for disarming or otherwise dealing with traps ....

Back before my hiatus, I did several media reviews, mostly superhero, fantasy, science fiction, and horror. This also included my attempt to...